“Think left and
think right
And think low
and think high
Oh! The thinks
you can think up
If only you
try!”
-Dr. Seuss
Happy Seuss Week! Did you
know, if Dr. Seuss was still with us today, he would turn 109 on March 2nd!!
Our class celebrated his
amazing pieces of literature this week and learned all about Silly Dr. Seuss!
After reading our first book,
“The Cat in the Hat,” we made Cat in the Hat pudding! We took turns stirring
the red and white pudding then my munchkins patiently counted each dollop I layered
in our pudding cups to create a red and white effect. We had fun cooking and
practicing our rote counting!
We discussed our story again
and talked about what a rhyming word was. Our letter of the week, the letter H,
had a great example- house. We talked about what rhymed with house, as well as
many other examples. Each time we recognized two or more rhyming words we
chanted “Rhyming Words,” with our hands in the air.
We made our very own hats to
match Cat in the Hat and practiced counting each individual stripe we added to
our hat. My munchkins worked on their one to one correspondence, linking a
number to each object, and their fine motor skills while they use their glue
sticks to glue down the stripes.
In the Afternoon we read, “Dr.
Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!” We attempted our very own letters in
shaving cream! I gave each of my munchkins an example of “their letter” (the
first letter of their name) and had them try to recreate it in the cream. We
had tons of fun!
We read “One Fish,
Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” in our Kid’s Kitchen on Tuesday. We used colored
Goldfish Crackers and a counting worksheet to link numerals to amounts. As
we counted fish into our bowl counted aloud to help us with our one-to-one correspondence.
We snacked on a few afterwards to celebrate a job well done!
Each of my munchkins brought
in their favorite Seuss book on Tuesday. The each had a chance to share their
book in front of the class and practiced their public speaking skills. We loved to sit in the teacher’s chair!
We read, “The Foot Book,” and
counted how many feet we had in the classroom.
For art we made foot prints!
My munchkins wiggled and giggled while getting their tootsies painted!!!
In the afternoon we explored the
idea of measurement. We used unifix cubes to measure how long our feet were and
then compared everyone’s length. All of my munchkin’s feet were 7 unifix cubes
long except for one cute little foot that was 6 cubes long.
I decorated our door with our
Cat in the Hat hats and a special picture of each of my munchkins. They make
the cutest Cat in the Hats!
On Wednesday it was our Silly
Sock Day! Each of my munchkins dressed up in silly and mismatched socks. We had
so much fun sharing! It was a great way to develop our language and confidence
in front of the class. We read, “Fox in Sox,” to link it all together.
What cute little tootsies!
For art we decorated socks
that looked just like Fox’s socks! We got to pick out our color and glitter to
personalize each sock. This also helped us work on our color identification
skills.
Our Silly Seuss Socks!
In the afternoon we reviewed
our story, “One Fish, Two Fish,” and looked at red and blue fish. We practiced
our counting with them, talked about more and less, and then even brought up
patterning. These are advanced concepts but it is never too early to start
thinking about them! My munchkins loved the cute little fish!
On Thursday we talked all
about spatial awareness and began with the story, “A Great Day for Up.” We
talked about “up” and “down” and practiced with a game of Simon Says.
We talked about things that
are up and things that are down, and then developed our emergent literacy
skills by coming up with our very own object that “Goes Up.” The munchkins had
tons of fun illustrating and using markers. This was also a great opportunity
to practice our fine motor goals with marker control and removing and replacing
the caps on the markers.
In the afternoon we read, “Hop
on Pop.” With the help of some bubble wrap, we made our own POPS! We warmed up
our fine motor skills by popping the bubbles with our fingers, and then we had
tons of gross motor fun by “Hopping on the Pop!”
We also did a quick smush art
project with Cat in the Hat Stripes that I got from my awesome co-teacher!!
Later I made these into my munchkin’s party hats for Friday. We smoothed the
paint down, then peeled open the paper to reveal the masterpiece inside!!
In
the morning, on Friday, we read, “Green Eggs and Ham” and made our very own
green eggs and ham. Everyone liked it surprisingly J
For art we made special Thing
One and Thing Two handprints! They were tons of fun to make and looked great!
In the afternoon we had a real
birthday party for Dr. Seuss! We wore our party hats, read part of, “Happy
Birthday To You!” We sang him Happy Birthday and had special treats to make our
celebrations that much sweeter!
A great mom in my class made
adorable marshmallow and strawberry skewers and we also celebrated with a
cupcake cake in the shape of Cat in the Hat’s hat!!
Yummy!
In the afternoon we also reviewed the different
rhyming words found on the pages of our books. RHYMING WORDS!
We learned a lot
this week and had tons of fun doing it!!
